Kanji 仮 sham, temporary, interim Related words 偽ぎ 性せい Also means 'false' or 'pseudo-' in medical contexts, but 仮性 is more common for temporary or functional mimics, while 偽性 often implies a structural or congenital imitation.
仮か 性せい 近きん 視し Common compound using 仮性 ; refers specifically to pseudomyopia.
Opposites 仮性 describes a condition that only resembles the real thing (e.g. 仮性近視 ), directly contrasting with 真性 , which marks the genuine, true form of a condition (真性近視 ).
Word family false phimosis; pseudophimosis
pseudomyopia; false nearsightedness
pseudohypertrophy of muscle
infantile pseudocholera
Etymology Compound of 仮 (temporary, provisional) and 性 (nature, property). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is used in modern medical Japanese to describe conditions that are not true organic diseases.
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